My Guide To A GREAT Painting Day

On my final trip to America, I stopped in Vermont where to my surprise we got several inches of snow; the perfect opportunity to go out looking for the next great scene.
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[@roxannenaydan5362]

Excellent advice. So often we have cloudy overcast days; no shadows, no lovely blue skies. So, addressing variety in subject matter allows me to think you understand my needs. Thanks so much, Colley!❤

[@colleywhissonartist]

Glad it was helpful.

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@colleywhissonartist Yup, this vid was as "helpful" as a dose of Covid, dude!! LOL ;D

[@kb8205]

Thanks Colley, great informative video, beautiful location ❤

[@colleywhissonartist]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@stevietv321]

I really appreciate these videos and generous advice. I consider myself a fair painter but always looking to get better.

[@colleywhissonartist]

We improve every day we pickup the brush, thanks for watching and best of luck.

[@margaretsmilligan9393]

Thank you colley , another great video, I wasn’t expecting snow as a subject in June , haha, thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you for sharing

[@colleywhissonartist]

It is almost Christmas in July; thanks for watching.

[@10angrytigers]

Great video!

[@ronschlorff7089]

Well Colley, it's hard to believe you went all the way to Vermont in winter and did not paint on site. Shocking actually!! Maybe you did; so, let's see those next time. Snow subjects were some of the most "iconic" paintings by great American artists of the past, like Aldro Hibbard, who painted in the very paces you trod upon. And now no doubt you loaded up with photos of cute little houses, on snowy ground. Yes, it's damned cold to stand outside and paint for 2-3 hours, as I did may times in the Lake Tahoe region, in below freezing temps, but you will see things you never could in the studio as you look at those photos and make up stuff on your computer. Come on man, you look strong and young enough to do it! What waste of time to do winter-scapes indoors. And here's a tip folks, those who know will spot those a mile away in the galleries, they always look fake, at least to me.
Your statements about blue shadows in snow versus yellow ones in sand may be generally true but my God man the whole rainbow spectrum of light is reflect off of snow, and you could never possibly get that down in a painting unless you get yourself out there and paint it from life. Ok, then you can do studio works from the oil sketches you made outdoors, "that's the ticket" for more "realistic" snow paintings!
Other than that little rant, LOL, cheers from beautiful southern Arizona where I live now! And yes, it's bloody hot out here now, so I am in the studio working on pictures from my plein air sketches I did in the fall and winter here, where there is not much snow to paint, like there was when I lived in Northern California!! LOL ;D

[@arcuda2001]

thx for the video .. i actually prefer days that are grey ,to bright sunny days , many times.. i love subdued color palettes and really enjoy trying to find all the gorgeous colors in those subtle greys .. to me, sunny bright days are too " perfect", almost boring for me.. thx as always.. nora kag